Our solar pool heaters use high temperature solar vacuum tubes to transfer the sun's energy to the pool water. Unlike other solar pool heaters that circulate the water directly through their collectors, our systems transfer the energy indirectly through a stainless steel or titanium heat exchanger. This has the advantage that the chlorine from the pool never reaches the solar collector thereby preventing any chemical damage that occurs when using chlorine or salt water chlorinated pool,Our systems come in a complete package with everything you will need to successfully install your solar pool water heater. Detailed instructions walk you through step by step to ensure you project will be a complete success. The solar pool package come in 5 sizes each size is based on the number of collectors supplied (SPH-1, SPH-2, SPH-3, SPH-4, SPH-5)

The systems are very easy to install. The collectors are positioned on a south facing roof line, wall or ground mounted. A solar pump station moves the heating fluid from the collector to the heat exchanger when there is positive energy to be had (heating fluid is hotter than pool water). This process is fully automated and controlled by a ReSol AL solar controller. When the collectors cool down the controller will shut down the pump until more heat energy is available.The Heat exchanger is installed in line in the pool filter system and always before a heater if one is present as in the diagram below.

The solar controller has two sensors one is located inside the last collector in series (hottest collector) and the other gets attached to the pool piping before the heater. In this way the system is able to decide when to start and stop the pump so that it will maximize the energy flow to the pool water.

Titanium Heat Exchangers for Salt Water Pools

When using salt water sanitization it is important to request a titanium solar pool heat exchanger rather than a stainless steel version. Unlike stainless steel, the titanium is impervious to salt and will have a much longer life expectancy. Highly chlorinated pools such as public pools should also use titanium for longer life.

Stainless Steel Aurora Flex Piping

The heat exchanger and solar collectors are connected together by Auroa Flex Twin Piping. This flexible stainless steel piping is very easy to install and requires no soldering. The quick connection fittings have a high temperature ceramic gaskets that form a permanent leak free connection. This piping comes complete with high temperature EPDM insulating foam and weather proof covering. Also included is a pre-installed wire for the sensors. The Auroa Flex makes installing any solar pool heater much quicker and guarantees a leak Free Installation!

Automatic Solar Air Vent

Our solar pool packages come with a SpiroTech Automatic Solar Air Vent. This air vent is attached at the highest point in the system and will automatically remove any air that may form within the closed loop. This is great for any roof top installations as there is no need to go up on the roof to bleed the solar system. The SpiroTech Solar Vent is rated to 360 F, and should the solar pool system over heat, the auto vent will shut off at 180 F there by only releasing air and never steam.

ReSol AL solar Differential controller

The AL solar controller is an easy to use differential solar controller that works with a single relay control to turn on or off the solar pump. The system has many built in features such as over heat protection and holiday mood that can be used to help cool the pool should it get too hot. The system comes with the standard VBus connection to attach a DL2 Data Logger allowing users to remotely monitor the performance of their solar pool heating system. Energy metering is also a standard function that allows the system to calculate the energy savings that the solar system is providing.

Pump Station

The pump station is the mechanical heart of our solar pool heating system. A 3-speed Wilo Star16 pump controls the flow of the heating fluid in the solar pool heater. The pump station also has many other control functions such as manual temperature gauge and pressure meter for accurately reading the system performance. A glass flow meter allows the user to accurately calculate and set the flow rate of the system. Fill and drain valves are also present to allow easy charging of the solar system for the initial fill and commissioning.

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Northern Lights Solar Solutions (NLSS) has completed a partnership deal with Canadian based Latitude 51 Solar. This partnership will allow Latitude 51 to continue its Canadian distribution of the Northern Lights Solar Thermal products. The ...

Good afternoon,Our very simple solar water system has been up and running since the end ofMarch. Even on cloudy days it provides more than enough hot water for ourneeds. We had no previous experience with solar water heating, so put thistogether in ...

Stuart L - Near OttawaI've attached some photos. One is of 2 Latitude51 panels in a neighbour's system. The others are of my system. My heat/hot water system includes a wood boiler and 600 gallon heat storage tank shown in one photo. The tank has ...

I purchased a system last fall from Latitude51 Solar, originally thought I would need a 60 tube setupbut have found the 30 tube works just fine for me and my wife even though we have a tree shadingproblem around our yard.

From George Skeet - High River Alberta.System: 2 x 30 tube collectors, 2 x 70 gallon tanks.Just a quick note to show we did put the panels we bought from you to work. To date the controller says we have produced 2200 kwh of energy. The controller ...

From Wayne Larsen - Big Bar Lake, BCSystem: 4 x 30 evacuated tube solar collectors, The owner built his own house incorporating energy efficient designs and right from the beginning the plan was to incorportate solar hot water space heating into the ...

About Us

Latitude51 Solar Heating and PV Systems are distributed across Canada ,USA, and Caribbean. We are a buying group for solar water heating collectors and solar PV equipment. We sell direct to contractors and home owners across North America so they can buy our solar collectors and PV panels at affordable prices. We are forever expanding our network of distribution locations around Canada and USA. If you would like to join our team then call us at 1 800 317 9054.